Ranjeet Jain, secretary of the school's management committee, said boys and girls were made to sit in different classrooms “for the safety of girls and to prevent love jihad”.

“Muslim boys take on names similar to Hindus, befriend girls, tie 'kalavas' on their wrists and try to woo girls. I cannot tolerate this in school premises. Moreover, these days nobody likes if a boy from one community touches a girl from another community," Jain was quoted as saying by TOI.

The school’s management claimed that since the school was run by a Jain trust, students are not allowed to bring non-vegetarian food, including eggs, in their tiffins.

Along with the "Yogi haircuts", students have also been told not to keep beards because the school is not “a place where they come to offer namaz".

"I asked the students to get Yogi-like haircuts when they were unable to understand what we wanted. We basically want very short haircuts, of the kind the Army gives. Also, the students have been told strictly to not keep beards as this is not a madrassa or a place where they come to offer namaz," Jain said.